Rendering and Exporting a Report in the Console App
Our sample projects and report templates can help you learn the basics of working with our products.This example shows how to render report in the console app. First, use
In the screenshot below you can see the result of the sample code:
Load() method to load report template, after that, use ExportDocument() method to Export it to PDF:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Hello!");
Console.Write("Loading report and data... ");
var report = new StiReport();
report.Load($"{ReportsDirectory}/TwoSimpleLists.mrt");
Console.WriteLine("OK");
Console.Write("Rendering and exporting a report... ");
var exportFilePath = $"{ReportsDirectory}/TwoSimpleLists_{DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-dd-MM_HH-mm-ss")}.pdf";
report.Render(false);
report.ExportDocument(StiExportFormat.Pdf, exportFilePath);
Console.WriteLine("OK");
Console.WriteLine("Exported to:");
Console.WriteLine(Path.GetFullPath(exportFilePath));
Console.ReadKey();
}In the screenshot below you can see the result of the sample code: